See 蝕む on Wiktionary
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "蝕まれる",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"passive"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "蝕める",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "mushibameru",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "蝕もう",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
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"form": "mushibamimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "mushibanda",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfective"
]
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"form": "蝕んで",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "mushibamareru",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "蝕もう",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "むしばもう",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "蝕まない",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
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{
"form": "蝕みます",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
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{
"form": "蝕んだ",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "むしばんだ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfective"
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{
"form": "mushibanda",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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{
"form": "蝕んで",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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[
"春",
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[
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"蝕",
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[
"立",
"りっ"
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[
"身",
"しん"
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[
"出",
"しゅっ"
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[
"世",
"せ"
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[
"主",
"しゅ"
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[
"義",
"ぎ"
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[
"跳",
"ちょう"
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[
"梁",
"りょう"
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[
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],
"word": "蝕む"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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